How to tie up your boat (and avoid the most common mistakes)

Q: How to tie a tail knot? A: This is how we do our team ropes (even though our video has a poly rope in there). Our calf rope knot is a little different and we’ll do that one next. We call this one a single crown knot - not sure if that’s the true technical name. 3 strand, 4 strand and 5 strand are all basically the same as the 3 strand. Each strand goes under the next to form a loop and the final strand comes back up through the first. In the 4 strand, we ignore one of the strands. In the 5 st